Questions tagged [flag]
Use for questions about the identity and significance of flags used by political entities such as an international organization, a country, a subdivision of one, or any other actor on the political stage.
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Has any Western country in the (say) last 25 years threaten to retaliate militarily when a vessel not navigating under its flag was attacked?
Relating to the various attacks/seizures at sea in recent years, it seems to me Western countries draw a line between vessels formally navigating under flag of country X and those just owned by ...
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Did Gaddafi's choice to have a plain green flag for Libya result in any political consequences?
From 1977-2011, as every kid who ever looked at the flag page in those old dictionaries could tell you, Libya's official flag was a plain green field.
My question is whether this unusual design had ...
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What determines the order of the flags at the UN headquarters in Geneva?
Outside the UN headquarters in Geneva, the flags of the member states are flown in the 'Allée des Drapeaux'. However, looking at photos of the flags, they never appear to be flown in the same order.
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What does this black and white middle-part variation of the communist flag stand for?
That was shown at a Zyuganov rally in 1996, but it's not clear to me if it's some kind of counter-protest that's seen in the background or if it is really the flag of communist organization I don't ...
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What are the flags being flown by this column of Russian tanks?
I just saw this video of Russian tanks on a video on Twitter.
I can see four different flags flown by the soldiers but I can't make out what they are apart from the last one which just looks like the ...
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Is there a version of the flag of Pakistan which uses black instead of green?
I'm trying to figure out if this is a case of really bad color rendering, or is there a version of the flag of Pakistan that uses black instead of (dark) green. Image from Reuters.
The Wikipedia ...
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Why would Russian troops in Ukraine fly the flag of the USSR? And why would the Russian MoD advertise this?
From this video which appears genuine:
I'm miffed at why the Russian soldiers are flying the flag of the USSR. And why would the Russian Ministry of Defense advertise this?
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How and to what extent did the US Senate block or prevent the patenting of the Confederate Flag?
In the recent CNN video Cruz calls Biden's Supreme Court promise 'offensive' and 'insulting' former US senator Carol Moseley Braun responded to comments from US Senators Ted Cruz and Roger Wicker ...
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What, if anything, does a blue-and-white American flag mean?
I saw this flag, consisting of a field of 13 blue and white horizontal stripes, with a blue canton containing 50 white stars, as one of about two dozen flags flying over a booth selling flags in the ...
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What is the blue-white-blue horizontal triband flag waved by karateka Sandra Sánchez at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
On winning the gold medal in the women’s kata event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Sandra Sánchez waved a blue-white-blue horizontal triband flag with a coat of arms in the center. The coat of arms ...
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What is the symbology of this pin?
I found this recently among old belongings and can't remember when or where I received it. Very curious about its source but more importantly its symbology. Sorry if this is the wrong place, there's ...
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When was the Democratic Party Flag Created?
When was the Democrat Party Flag Created below, with the Donkey Symbol? Wikipedia does not say
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)
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What is the significance of Ukrainian and Belarusian flags on anti-Zeman protest rally in Prague?
On 30 April 2021, thousands of Czechs have rallied in Prague against President Milos Zeman, calling for his removal from office and condemning what opponents say are his pro-Russia views.
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What is this flag with a red 6-pointed star in a red crescent on white ground?
I'm watching a documentary about the right-wing rise in Germany
Here they are speaking about a bar called ''Die Patriotische Bar'' and they happend to have some flags on the ceiling.
I couldn't ...
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What's the red, white and blue (with stars) banner that Trump was using on the stage in his election campaign?
During election campaign rallys, Trump was always on stages decorated with a red-white-blue-white-red banner with white stars on the blue part. I of course know that's the US colors and the stars are ...
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What is the significance of flying the BRD flag in post-unification Germany?
On a number of occasions, such as at football matches and political demonstrations, I have seen citizens of the post-unification Germany flying what I thought was the historical flag of the BRD (the ...
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What does the flag of Imperial Germany symbolize today?
German extremist right-wing protesters are often seen carrying the black-white-red flags of the Deutsches Kaiserreich (Imperial Germany).
Vizekanzler Scholz sagte: "Es kann nicht hingenommen ...
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What are the arguments against abolishing the Confederate flag?
Disclaimer: I am not American, but I do follow American politics. I know what the Confederacy was, what the Civil War was, and so on.
Here's the question: What specifically are the arguments in ...
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Does the motto “Don’t tread on me” have a specific political color?
According to the following extract, the expression has in recent decades been associated with conservative groups:
Don’t tread on me:
Originating as a motto on an iconic Revolutionary War flag, don’...
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What flag is similar to the American flag but has 9 stars and 13 vertical stripes?
I saw a flag walking around my neighborhood similar to an American flag but I don't recognize it. It had nine white stars in a grid on a blue background in the top left corner, the rest of the flag ...
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How does one buy a burnable American flag in Tehran?
Since 1978 I've seen footage of people in Tehran burning American flags, and as far as I can tell each time it's completely destroyed, meaning that they have to get a new American flag to burn each ...
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What vexillologically (flag-based) named coalitions exist (theoretically) in German politics?
In German political speech, multi-party (three or more party) coalitions are sometimes described by vexillological analogy::
I have seen:
Jamaica coalition between conservatives (black), liberals (...
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Does the display of the Habsburg flag have any contemporary connotations in Austria or Hungary?
Numerous countries have historical flags which, when flown or otherwise celebrated, carry significant contemporary political connotations and are usually interpreted as a sign that the person flying ...
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Why does Germany ban flag burning?
Today, I learnt that:
Germany is considering a three year jail sentence for burning the EU flag.
Germany currently prohibits the burning of the German flag.
This prohibition isn’t solely for ...
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What does a black-and-white Puerto Rican flag signify?
In the following NY Times article I noticed that the photo of a large number of people protesting included a fair number of black-and-white Puerto Rican flags as well as a larger number of red, white &...
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On the Washington Times election page, why does Wyoming's icon have no stars? [closed]
On the Washington Times election page there is a "State Tracker" panel with links to each state's results:
Each icon has a motif comprising blue and red fields with white stars on the blue field. I ...
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What were the political reasons for the U.S. using the stripes of the British East India Company flag on the U.S. national flag? [closed]
The stripes on the flag of the United States
are identical to the stripes on the British East India Company flag.
What were the political reasons for the United States deciding to use the design of ...
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Are there any restrictions on what a national flag should look like?
I came across this xkcd comic joking about a flag with a phone notification bar, which made me wonder what restrictions there are on flag design.
Is there some kind of committee that approves ...
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What is this 45-star American flag?
I was watching the news today and spotted a very strange flag behind this talking head. It appears to be a U.S. flag with 45 stars arranged mostly in a circular pattern, but it doesn't look like the ...
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Identify two national flags from a picture (and/or video)
In the following picture:
Which flag is placed between the national flag of the Dominican Republic (7th from left) and the national flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (9th from left)?
Which flag ...
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Do flag and symbol bans mostly disfavor the locally ancestral and historic?
Nebr comments: In other countries like the USA, that weren't responsible for the Nazi crimes, Nazi symbols are not banned as well, but there they are talking about banning the southern states flag. No ...
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What flag has a red star, in a yellow circle, in a green ring, on a red background?
The flag is a red star, in a yellow circle, in a green ring, on a red background.
The photo is from a protest under the Polish presidential palace against legitimizing the Turkish president Recip ...
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What is the significance of Macron's proposed status change to the European Flag, and what steps would be needed to make this a reality?
President Macron said he wants to officially recognize the status of flag of Europe (my translation).
Does this mean that the flag has been decorative only up until now? What would officially ...
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What is the significance of a black and white Union Jack?
Recently, I was in Levanto on the Italian coast between Genoa and La Spezia, when I noticed, flying above an apartment building, a Union Jack in which the red and blue sections had been replaced with ...
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Who decides which US Flag design will be used when additional states are admitted?
In the question If Puerto Rico becomes the 51st U.S state, would the U.S flag be altered to include 51 stars?, it was pointed out that there have already been several proposed designs for a 51 Star US ...
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If Puerto Rico becomes the 51st U.S state, would the U.S flag be altered to include 51 stars?
In the event that Puerto Rico becomes the 51st American state, will this result in the alteration to the U.S flag to include 51 stars instead of 50?
I'm not from the U.S, but one of those ubiquitous ...
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What are the flags beside the US flag at Trump's inauguration day?
What are the flags beside the US flag at Trump's inauguration (marked by an arrow in the picture below)?
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How many US flags over the US Capital in 2016 or 2017?
It's common knowledge, more or less, that you can request via your Congressman for a US flag that has flown over the US Capital. So there are a few US Marines whose duty it is to hoist and lower ...
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Has a British PM ever given a speech with the EU flag alongside the Union Jack?
It is common to see most other EU leaders give talks, speeches and conferences with their national flag proudly alongside the EU flag (Merkel, Rajoy, Hollande etc). This cannot be said for UK Prime ...
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Which Syrian Flag to use?
I've setup a site that makes it easy for Facebook users to overlay a Syrian(or other) flag onto their profile pictures.
When compiling the list of flags that a user can put onto their picture, I ...
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